ضعف

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See also: صعق

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ض ع ف (ḍ-ʕ-f)

Verb

ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa) I, non-past يَضْعُفُ‎ (yaḍʕufu)

  1. (intransitive) to weaken
Conjugation

Verb

ضَعَّفَ (ḍaʕʕafa) II, non-past يُضَعِّفُ‎ (yuḍaʕʕifu)

  1. (transitive) to weaken, to make weak
  2. (transitive) to double
  3. (linguistics, transitive) to geminate (a consonant)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

ضُعْف (ḍuʕfm

  1. verbal noun of ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa) (form I)
  2. weakness
Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

ضَعْف (ḍaʕfm

  1. verbal noun of ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa) (form I)
  2. weakness
Declension
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: ضعف

Noun

ضِعْفٌ (ḍiʕfunm (plural أَضْعَاف (ʔaḍʕāf))

  1. double
  2. a multiple, (after numerals) -fold
    • The New Testament, Mark 10:30
      إِلاَّ نالَ الآنَ في هٰذهِ الدُّنْيا مائةَ ضِعْفٍ مِنَ البُيوتِ والإِخوَةِ والأَخَواتِ والأُمَّهاتِ والبَنينَ والحُقولِ مع الاِضطِهادات، ونالَ في الآخِرَةِ الحَياةَ الأَبَدِيَّة.
      who will not receive one hundred times as much, now in this time: houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land, with persecutions, and in the future age eternal life.
Declension

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ضَعْف (ḍaʕf, weakness).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? za'f
Dari reading? za'f
Iranian reading? za'f
Tajik reading? zaʾf

Noun

Dari ضعف
Iranian Persian
Tajik заъф

ضعف (za'f)

  1. weakness

Related terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ض ع ف
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic ضَعُفَ (ḍaʕufa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dˤi.ʕif/,
  • (file)

Verb

ضعف (ḍiʕif) I (present بضعف (biḍʕaf))

  1. to become weak
  2. to lose weight
    Antonym: نصح (niṣiḥ)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of ضعف (ḍiʕif)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ضعفت (ḍʕift) ضعفت (ḍʕift) ضعف (ḍiʕif) ضعفنا (ḍʕifna) ضعفتو (ḍʕiftu) ضعفو (ḍiʕfu)
f ضعفتي (ḍʕifti) ضعفت (ḍiʕfat)
present m بضعف (baḍʕaf) بتضعف (btiḍʕaf) بضعف (biḍʕaf) منضعف (mniḍʕaf) بتضعفو (btiḍʕafu) بضعفو (biḍʕafu)
f بتضعفي (btiḍʕafi) بتضعف (btiḍʕaf)
subjunctive m أضعف (ʔaḍʕaf) تضعف (tiḍʕaf) يضعف (yiḍʕaf) نضعف (niḍʕaf) تضعفو (tiḍʕafu) يضعفو (yiḍʕafu)
f تضعفي (tiḍʕafi) تضعف (tiḍʕaf)
imperative m اضعف (iḍʕaf) اضعفو (iḍʕafu)
f اضعفي (iḍʕafi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic ضَعَّفَ (ḍaʕʕafa).

Pronunciation

Verb

ضعّف (ḍaʕʕaf) II (present بضعّف (biḍaʕʕef))

  1. to weaken, to lighten
Conjugation
    Conjugation of ضعّف (ḍaʕʕaf)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m ضعّفت (ḍaʕʕaft) ضعّفت (ḍaʕʕaft) ضعّف (ḍaʕʕaf) ضعّفنا (ḍaʕʕafna) ضعّفتو (ḍaʕʕaftu) ضعّفو (ḍaʕʕafu)
f ضعّفتي (ḍaʕʕafti) ضعّفت (ḍaʕʕafat)
present m بضعّف (baḍaʕʕef) بتضعّف (bitḍaʕʕef) بضعّف (biḍaʕʕef) منضعّف (minḍaʕʕef) بتضعّفو (bitḍaʕʕfu) بضعّفو (biḍaʕʕfu)
f بتضعّفي (bitḍaʕʕfi) بتضعّف (bitḍaʕʕef)
subjunctive m اضعّف (aḍaʕʕef) تضعّف (tḍaʕʕef) يضعّف (yḍaʕʕef) نضعّف (nḍaʕʕef) تضعّفو (tḍaʕʕfu) يضعّفو (yḍaʕʕfu)
f تضعّفي (tḍaʕʕfi) تضعّف (tḍaʕʕef)
imperative m ضعّف (ḍaʕʕef) ضعّفو (ḍaʕʕfu)
f ضعّفي (ḍaʕʕfi)